The Hot Damn!
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The Hot Damn! | |
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 (L-R): Laurie Buchanan, Gill Montgomery, Josie O'Toole, Lzi Hayes performing in at Nozfest in Southampton 2022. | |
| Background information | |
| Genres | Rock, Punk Rock, Pop Punk |
| Years active | 2020-present |
| Website | www.thehotdamn.com |
| Members | Gill Montgomery, Laurie Buchanan, Lzi Hayes, Josie O'Toole |
The Hot Damn! are a British pop/rock band founded in 2020 during the COVID-19 Pandemic. Formed by Gill Montgomery (vocals, guitar) formerly of The Amorettes, Laurie Buchanan (guitar, backing vocals) formerly of Aaron Buchanan & The Cult Classics, Lzi Hayes (bass guitar, backing vocals) and Josie O'Toole (drums) formerly of Tequila Mockingbyrd.[1][2][3]
History[edit]
2018-2020: Formation and early years[edit]
On December 8th 2018, O'Toole's former Australian rock band Tequila Mockingbyrd announced via Facebook that vocalist and guitarist Louisa Baker had parted ways with the band. Meanwhile, February 25th 2019, Montgomery's former Scottish band The Amorettes announced via Facebook that rhythm section and sisters, Heather McKay (bass) and Hannah McKay (drums) had parted ways with the band.[4][5] This lead Montgomery to join Tequila Mockingbyrd drummer Josie O'Toole and bass player Jacinta Jaye to form a touring line-up in order to honour both bands upcoming UK and European shows for 2019. The newly formed line-up then announced that Laurie Buchanan, guitarist of Aaron Buchanan & The Cult Classics would join the collaborative members initially on bass guitar whilst Jaye was away in Australia and then moving over to rhythm guitar once Jaye was back in the UK. Both bands honoured all dates in 2019. This included supporting Terrorvision under The Amorettes guise on Terrorvision's 25th anniversary sold out tour celebrating "How To Make Friends And Influence People" with dates including London's Islington Assembly Hall, SWX Bristol, Rock City in Nottingham and the O2 Ritz in Manchester.[6] The collective also played Blue Balls Festival in Lucerne, Switzerland supporting Airborne and Steelhouse Festival in Wales supporting Thin Lizzy, Uriah Heap and Living Colour among others. In September 2019, Jaye opted to leave both The Amorettes and Tequila Mockingbyrd and return back home to Australia.[7][8][6][9][10]
In 2020, Montgomery, O'Toole and Buchanan announced that they would be stepping away from both The Amorettes and Tequila Mockingbyrd in order to form The Hot Damn! and later announced that Lzi Hayes (Sophie Lloyd Band, New Device) will be completing the line-up on bass guitar. Due to the COVID-19 Pandemic, the band did not tour or release any music in 2020.
2021: Dance Around and I Didn't Like You Anyway release[edit]
On January 2nd 2021, due to the continued restrictions of the pandemic keeping venues closed, The Hot Damn! released a one off pre-recorded ticketed video event named "Hogmanay Hangover" recorded at Denmark Studios that featured live versions of both The Amorettes and Tequila Mockingbyrd songs with the new line-up that included a commentary explaining the story behind the songs. This included, "Everything I Learned I Learned From Rock and Roll", which was written by Montgomery and Ricky Warick and an acoustic rendition of "Enjoy The Ride" where Josie, reveals the meaning behind the track stating that it was a song she had written after her father had passed away. The quartet also covered "Maria" by Blondie and debuted their brand new unreleased single "Dance Around" for the first time.
On July 2nd 2021, The Hot Damn!'s single "Dance Around" was debuted. Engineered by Dave Draper (The Wildhearts), Adam Thistlethwaite (Massive Wagons) and produced by Australian producer Ricki Rae (Electric Mary, X Factor, Australia). The track was play-listed on Darren Redick's Planet Rock Radio show and the music video premiered on Planet Rock's website where author Scott Colothan stated that, "Dance Around", "is an pop-tinged rock anthem of positivity for these turbulent times".[11][12] The track became Rush On Rock's "Track Of The Week" expressing that "This could be their greatest project yet".[13] The single was also shortlisted as Classic Rock's "Track Of The Week".[14][15] "Dance Around" was also featured on the "New Wave of Classic Rock - Volume One" 2CD compilation album which featured 42 tracks of the best current NWOCR artists on the scene. The album included music from the likes of Massive Wagons, Mason Hill, The Dust Coda, Phil Campbell and the Bastard Sons and charted at number 10 in the official UK compilation charts.[16][17]
On the 7th August 2021, The Hot Damn! played their first ever headline show at Waterloo Music Bar in Blackpool with These Wicked Rivers as support.[18]
On 27th August 2021, made The Hot Damn!'s first ever festival appearance in the bands history was at Stonedead Festival, Newark Showground in Nottinghamshire in support of Wayward Sons, Cats In Space and Massive.[19][20][21]
On the 26th September, The Hot Damn! would play their first show in Scotland as a collective supporting Massive Wagons on their "House Of Noise" tour and Chris Catalyst at The Garage in Glasgow.[22]
On December 3rd 2021, The Hot Damn! released their second single "I Didn't Like You Anyway". The track was engineered by Dave Draper (The Wildhearts) at The Old Cider Press Studio in Worcestershire and was produced by Australian producer Ricki Rae (Electric Mary, X Factor, Australia). The second single surpassed the band's debut single "Dance Around" and was A-listed on both Planet Rock Radio and Kerrang! Radio.[23] The track was also nominated for The Rocks Awards 2022 by Planet Rock for "Best New Single".[24] The single was also nominated for Classic Rock Magazine's "Track of the Week"[25] as well as gaining support from both BBC Music Introducing and Primordial Radio[26][27]
On December 4th 2021, The Hot Damn! joined The Dust Coda for an eight date UK tour following the release of The Dust Coda's second album "Mojo Skyline".[28][29][30]
2022: Tours, Live Laugh Love and album crowdfunder[edit]
On 18th January 2022, The Hot Damn! announced that they would performing alongside Derby based band These Wicked Rivers on a co-headline run of four shows ranging from 24th - 27th February 2021. The shows consisted of The Pub (Lancaster), The Cluny (Newcastle), The Station (Cannock) and Crauford Arms (Milton Keynes).[31][32][33]
During summer 2022, The Hot Damn! performed at Steelhouse Festival, Promordial General Mayhem Festival[34][35], Love Rock's Festival, Firestorm Festival[36], and Nozfest[37][38]
On September 21st 2022, The Hot Damn! released their third single "Live Laugh Love". The track was engineered by Matt Elliss (Black Spiders, Massive Wagons, Terrorvision) at Axis Recording Studios in Doncaster and was produced by Australian producer Ricki Rae (Electric Mary, X Factor, Australia).[39][40][14] The single gained further traction from its predecessors and obtained a spot in Spotify's Editorial Playlist "Shockwave". The single listed on Primordial Radio, featured on BBC Music Introducing (Beds, Herts and Bucks)[41] and landed the band with their first front cover feature on ERB Magazine.[42] The single also featured in Classic Rock Magazine's "The Hot List".
On November 25th 2022, The Hot Damn! announced via a video on Facebook that they would be hosting a crowdfunder campaign in order to pay for their debut album. The crowd funder would contain exclusive goodies, merchandise, memorabilia and studio days that fans can purchase in order to finance the album.[43][44]
On December 9th 2022, The Hot Damn! announced that they would be joining American bluesgrass band Hayseed Dixie on their UK tour in Febuaray/March 2023. The band will be performing at 16 dates of the tour including venues such as The Waterfront (Norwich), Brudenell Social Club (Leeds) and London's The Garage.[45][46][47]
Discography[edit]
Singles[edit]
"Dance Around" (2021)
"I Didn't Like You Anyway" (2021)
"Live Laugh Love" (2022)
Music videos[edit]
| Title | Year | Director |
|---|---|---|
| "Dance Around[48]" | 2021 | Adam Barker |
| "Live Laugh Love" | 2022 | Pav Szylobryt |
Members[edit]
Current members[edit]
- Gill Montgomery – Vocals, Guitar (2020–present)
- Laurie Buchanan – Guitar, Backing Vocals (2020–present)
- Lzi Hayes – Bass Guitar, Backing Vocals (2020–present)
- Josie O'Toole – Drums (2020–present)
Timeline[edit]
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- ↑ updated, Fraser Lewrylast (November 24, 2020). "Ex-Amorettes and Tequila Mockingbyrd members unite to form The Hot Damn!". loudersound.
- ↑ "Amorettes & Tequila Mockingbyrd stars launch new band The Hot Damn!".
- ↑ Gateway, Music (August 22, 2019). "The Hot Damn! | Band". Music Gateway.
- ↑ "BAND NEWS: McKAY SISTERS QUIT THE AMORETTES – GILL VOWS TO CARRY ON". February 25, 2019.
- ↑ Munropublished, Scott (February 25, 2019). "Heather and Hannah McKay quit The Amorettes". loudersound.
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 Deaux, John (March 7, 2019). "The Amorettes & Tequila Mockingbyrd Join forces for up & coming tours after line up changes".
- ↑ "The Amorettes & Tequila Mockingbyrd merge to become each other".
- ↑ Lewrypublished, Fraser (March 7, 2019). "The Amorettes and Tequila Mockingbyrd join forces to become each other". loudersound.
- ↑ "The Amorettes & Tequila Mockingbyrd mix it up for coming tours". The Moshville Times. March 8, 2019.
- ↑ "The Amorettes & Tequila Mockingbyrd Join forces for up & coming tours after line up changes". Music-News.com.
- ↑ "The Hot Damn! share kaleidoscopic 'Dance Around' video".
- ↑ "Single Review: The Hot Damn! – Dance Around". The Moshville Times. December 26, 2021.
- ↑ Rushworth, Simon (July 5, 2021). "The Hot Damn! Dance Around Single Review Via Rushonrock".
- ↑ 14.0 14.1 "The Hot Damn! live their best lives in new video for 'Live Laugh Love' – OUT NOW! 🎉 🎉🎉". R o c k 'N' L o a d. September 28, 2022.
- ↑ "The Hot Damn! live their best lives - Yours Truly".
- ↑ Deaux, John (April 6, 2021). "NWOCR - The Official New Wave Of Classic Rock - Volume 1".
- ↑ "News: NWOCR Announce "The Official New Wave Of Classic Rock – Volume 2" compilation CD". www.rock-regeneration.co.uk.
- ↑ "The Hot Damn". Waterloo Music Bar.
- ↑ "Stonedead Festival 2021".
- ↑ "Stonedead 2021 Review". www.jacemedia.co.uk.
- ↑ "Stonedead Festival 2021 in review".
- ↑ "Review: Massive Wagons - The Garage, Glasgow". October 1, 2021.
- ↑ "The Hot Damn! are back with a new single 'I Didn't Like You Anyway'". November 30, 2021.
- ↑ "The Rocks awards".
- ↑ Lewry, Fraser; Glasspublished, Polly (December 6, 2021). "Tracks of the Week: new music from The Hot Damn!, Three Days Grace and more". loudersound.
- ↑ "ALL-FEMALE BRITISH ROCK BAND THE HOT DAMN! SHARE A TRIBUTE TO ALL THE HUNS ON THEIR COLOURFUL NEW SINGLE 'LIVE LAUGH LOVE'". FindYourSounds. September 27, 2022.
- ↑ Com!, Rockposer Dot (September 23, 2022). "The Hot Damn! Return With Pop-Rock Anthem 'Live Laugh Love'".
- ↑ Deaux, John (October 15, 2021). "The Dust Coda - Announce UK Tour In December 2022".
- ↑ "News: The Dust Coda Announce UK Tour In December 2021". www.rock-regeneration.co.uk.
- ↑ "The Dust Coda gig review, with The Hot Damn! and These Wicked Rivers". December 10, 2021.
- ↑ "The Hot Damn! and These Wicked Rivers announce co-headline tour dates".
- ↑ "The Hot Damn! and These Wicked Rivers announce co-headline shows". January 18, 2022.
- ↑ Deaux, John (January 18, 2022). "THE HOT DAMN! AND THESE WICKED RIVERS ANNOUNCE CO-HEADLINE SHOWS".
- ↑ "See THE HOT DAMN! live at the Primordial General Mayhem 2022". March 16, 2022.
- ↑ "Live Review: Primordial General Mayhem". devolutionmagazine.co.uk.
- ↑ "Review: Firestorm Festival - Friday". September 9, 2022.
- ↑ "Nozfest at The 1865, Southampton - Emerging Rock Bands".
- ↑ "Nozfest 2022". www.rock-regeneration.co.uk.
- ↑ "ALL-FEMALE BRITISH ROCK BAND THE HOT DAMN! SHARE A TRIBUTE TO ALL THE HUNS ON THEIR COLOURFUL NEW SINGLE LIVE LAUGH LOVE". October 25, 2022.
- ↑ "Single: "Live Laugh Laugh" by The Hot Damn". www.rock-regeneration.co.uk.
- ↑ "The Hot Damn release 'Live Laugh Love'". September 26, 2022.
- ↑ "ERB Magazine Issue 14".
- ↑ "The Hot Damn! launch Album Crowdfunder Campaign". R o c k 'N' L o a d. November 26, 2022.
- ↑ "The Hot Damn! launch Album Crowdfunder Campaign". November 26, 2022.
- ↑ "The Hot Damn! announce Feb-March tour with Hayseed Dixie". R o c k 'N' L o a d. December 20, 2022.
- ↑ "The Hot Damn! announce 2023 tour supporting Hayseed Dixie". The Moshville Times. December 9, 2022.
- ↑ "The Hot Damn! announce Feb-March tour with Hayseed Dixie". December 11, 2022.
- ↑ "The Hot Damn share new track 'Dance Around'". July 2, 2021.
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